Activity:
Find a partner. Decide who will be teacher who will be Roberto. Read the script in parts. Act out on paper what Roberto does.
Teacher: Roberto, that's an interesting illustration you made. Tell me your story about it.
Roberto: The lollipop fell upside down.
Teacher: Come, I'll help you write your story. Roberto, do you hear any letter sounds when I say the word the ?
Roberto: (shakes head no)
Teacher: Okay, Roberto, make a magic line right here.
Roberto: (makes magic line)
Teacher: Great magic line, Roberto! Do you hear any letter sounds when I say the word lollipop ?
Roberto: No.
Teacher: Okay, Roberto, make another magic line right here, next to the first one. When we write, we always go in this direction.
You're getting good at this, Roberto. (Kidwriting pg 41)
Discuss: What does this script reveal about the philosophy of learning that Kidwriting represents.
Click on document Isabelle. Read from chat text quotes from co-author Isabell Cardonick. What more have you learned about the philosophy and process known as Kidwriting.
Activity:
Find a partner. Decide who will be teacher who will be Roberto. Read the script in parts. Act out on paper what Roberto does.
Teacher: Roberto, that's an interesting illustration you made. Tell me your story about it.
Roberto: The lollipop fell upside down.
Teacher: Come, I'll help you write your story. Roberto, do you hear any letter sounds when I say the word the ?
Roberto: (shakes head no)
Teacher: Okay, Roberto, make a magic line right here.
Roberto: (makes magic line)
Teacher: Great magic line, Roberto! Do you hear any letter sounds when I say the word lollipop ?
Roberto: No.
Teacher: Okay, Roberto, make another magic line right here, next to the first one. When we write, we always go in this direction.
You're getting good at this, Roberto. (Kidwriting pg 41)
Discuss: What does this script reveal about the philosophy of learning that Kidwriting represents.